Just think about it! It’ll be easy to cut ties, just get a job with an easy employer and move out! If only…

  • mke_geek@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    If everyone is just given everything for free, who is going to pay for it all? That’s just putting other people into slavery to pay for all the people who want to mooch off society.

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      5 days ago

      That’s what wealthy elites lazy always say, right before they crash the economy. 1929 much?

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      5 days ago

      Contributing to social programs is a good thing - we should judge a society based on how it treats the most vulnerable members. And I want to live in a world where everyone, no matter who they are, has their needs met.

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        5 days ago

        There’s already too many people who feel entitled to steal from others. People should think of how they can contribute to society, not how they can take, take, take from it.

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          4 days ago

          People should think of how they can contribute to society

          I think that is the discussion that was happening here?

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          5 days ago

          Exactly. I don’t think you meant to, but you just described the majority of billionaires.

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            4 days ago

            Well yes billionaires contribute to society but I didn’t think that was what OP was asking.